Name: Yersinia enterocolitica (Schleifstein and Coleman 1939) Frederiksen 1964 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Bacterium enterocoliticum" Schleifstein and Coleman 1939

Etymology: en.te.ro.co.li’ti.ca. Gr. neut. n. enteron, intestine; Gr. neut. n. kolon, colon; Gr. adj. suff. -tikos -ê -on, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; N.L. fem. adj. enterocolitica, pertaining to the intestine and colon

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … en-te-ro-ko-LI-ti-ka, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 9610; CCUG 11291; CCUG 12369; CIP 80.27; DSM 4780; JCM 7577; LMG 7899; NBIMCC 8739; NCTC 12982

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB682267 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Frederiksen W. A study of some Yersinia pseudotuberculosis-like bacteria (Bacterium enterocoliticum and Pasteurella X). Proceedings of the XIV Scandinavian Congress of Pathology and Microbiology, Oslo 1964. Norwegian Universities Press, Oslo, 1964.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Bacterium enterocoliticum" Schleifstein and Coleman 1939	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.07628 (N = 4).
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Sweden has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "P650 = v". — The risk group for United States has been imported on 2024-02-09. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5797 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Yersinia enterocolitica subsp. enterocolitica (Schleifstein and Coleman 1939) Neubauer et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Yersinia enterocolitica subsp. palearctica Neubauer et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Yersinia van Loghem 1944 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Frederiksen W. A study of some Yersinia pseudotuberculosis-like bacteria (Bacterium enterocoliticum and Pasteurella X). Proceedings of the XIV Scandinavian Congress of Pathology and Microbiology, Oslo 1964. Norwegian Universities Press, Oslo, 1964.

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Record number: 785221